On my list of things to look at via [Wayback/Archive] “AutoLogonSID” – Google Search:
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Need to check out the Windows AutoLogonSID registry value and other autologon security features in Windows
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/16
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Windows 10/11: how to check if Hibernation is enabled or disabled
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/14
A long time ago I wrote about How To Fix Missing Hibernation Option On Windows 10.
Back then I needed to enable it (using powercfg.exe /hibernate on or disable using powercfg.exe /hibernate off), but I forgot about how to query this setting.
[Wayback/Archive] windows check if hibernation is enabled – Google Search gives me a result which is somewhat workable, but hopefully some day I find a better solution than in [Wayback/Archive] How to see from commandline (!!!) if hibernation is on or off? – Windows 10 Forums:
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video memory required for 1920×1080 – Google Search
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/11
The amount of memory is indeed not that big as I found out via [Wayback/Archive video memory required for 1920×1080 – Google Search at [Wayback/Archive] memory – How do I calculate video RAM requirements? – Super User:
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Downloading a file from the Windows console without first installing a command-line tool
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/09
Note that the below methods likely will cause security warnings if a Windows machine has been properly configured, but in most cases at least one of them works.
- using cURL (Widows 10 and up)
curl --url https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin --output %TEMP%\100MB.bin - using [Wayback/Archive]
certutil| Microsoft Docs (at least Windows 7 and up; needs UAC elevation)
certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin %TEMP%\100MB.bin - using PowerShell (at least Windows Vista and up)
powershell.exe -Command (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin','%TEMP%\100MB.bin')
I think it works for all versions of curl, certutil, and PowerShell though I did not have anything older than up-to-date Windows 7 (having PowerShell version 3) and recent to test on.
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Some links on LaunchTM.exe, as I had been unaware Windows can use it to launch TaskMgr.exe
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/04
A while ago I learned that since Windows 8, sometimes it uses LaunchTM.exe (which is not even on Wikipedia) to start TaskMgr.exe.
I could find little information about the why, so here are some links with information on when LaunchTM.exe is used (which is confusing) and what command-line parameters TaskMgr.exe can get (also confusing as the order of parameters matter):
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Yes, Windows user names can contain spaces
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/02
I forgot what triggered me querying for [Wayback/Archive] can windows user names contain spaces – Google Search.
Boy I was surprised that the answer is yes.
Following that I was totally not surprised that:
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Windows 10/11: Skip Security Questions When Adding Local User
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/30
Based on [Wayback/Archive] Windows 10/11: Skip Security Questions When Adding Local User, [Wayback/Archive] Remove Security Questions when setting up Local Account in Windows and others:
- if during initial Windows 10/11 setup you add a user with a password, then it will ask you for 3 security questions
- if you do not want these 3 security questions:
- leave the password blank when adding the user
- after first logon, press Ctrl-Alt-Del and change the password from blank to an actual password
Via [Wayback/Archive] windows 10 skip security questions – Google Search.
–jeroen
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NTFS Sparse Files For Programmers
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/25
Need to check this out some day: cs.exe compiled from [Wayback] sparse.zip which you can download from [Wayback/Archive] NTFS Sparse Files For Programmers
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With the newest PowerToys version, the Microsoft teams shows they forgot about their CUA heritage
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/30
The most recent Microsoft Power Toys version binds to Alt + Spacebar which indicates the Windows team has forgotten about the CUA (Common User Access) heritage.
[Wayback/Archive] PowerToys bring fun tweaks to Windows 10 and 11 • The Register
And that tells us something else, too: that none of the Microsoft developers involved in building and releasing this tool are old-style keyboard warriors, because since Windows 1.0 in 1985,
Alt+spacehas been the keystroke to invoke the window-management menu. From Windows 2 onwards, the leftmost button on every Windows title bar even looked like a space bar, to remind you. So to maximize a window, it’sAlt+space,x; to minimize,Alt+space,n; to resize with the keyboard,Alt+space,s, and so on.
Via [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “Stealing Alt+Space for a Power Toy, the Microsoft @Windows team has forgotten about its CUA heritage.”.
--jeroen
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A big oops: “Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates • The Register”
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/07
Keeping an eye on this: [Wayback/Archive] Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates • The Register
--jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 